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Old 06-08-2015, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by vertical grimmace
Many of the landing issues I have seen with warbirds is related to airspeed/ energy. Too much of it. Most are too scared to get their model slow enough. It is good to test stall characteristics up high, to get familiar.
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Verticle,
I am in full agreement. With heavy wing loaded models (warbirds & jets) you don't dare stall on final approach so most guys make sure they are too fast and then it is hard not to overshoot. I have flown my 1/4 scale Cub and my Shoestring with telemetry air speed and my approaches are much more consistent. I plan on getting air speed now on my jets and warbird. My airspeed is announced on the Tx speaker and the screen read out.